1) Kyle Busch (Starting – 1st) Indy Fantasy Spin – Kyle Busch has been a super elite performer at Indianapolis and on Sunday he’ll be the favorite to win. There’s a lot of things to like about Busch this weekend. He’s starting on the pole, was dominant last year, has an impeccable track record, was extremely […]

1) Joey Logano (Starting – 7th) Daytona Fantasy Spin – Joey Logano should be on your short list of favorites at Daytona. He’s a strong restrictor plate performer who ranks as one of the best on this track type. In 3 of the last 10 plate races he’s raced his way to victory lane. In recent […]

1) Kyle Larson (Starting – 1st) Michigan Fantasy Spin – Kyle Larson will be a favorite to win at Michigan. He’s the most recent winner at MIS and has won the last two races at tracks of this length. Auto Club Speedway is Michigan’s sister track and earlier this year at that venue he led 110 […]

1) Kyle Busch (Starting – 7th) Bristol Fantasy Spin – Kyle Busch is always a popular fantasy pick at Bristol. He runs extremely well here and performs at an elite level. He just needs to shake off some bad luck, and I think he’s due to have an incident free race. In 4 of the […]

1) Kyle Busch (Starting – 10th) Martinsville Fantasy Spin – Kyle Busch is the defending champion of the spring Martinsville race and on Sunday you can count on him to have another strong showing. In recent Martinsville races he ranks as one of the strongest performers. Entering the weekend he has a Martinsville three race top […]

1) Kevin Harvick (Starting – 7th) Auto Club Fantasy Spin – Kevin Harvick is a super elite performer at Auto Club Speedway that will be tough to beat. Year in and year out he’s performed at an extremely high-level at his home track. This year at intermediate tracks Harvick has been fast in both races. Atlanta […]

1) Chase Elliott (Starting – 12th) Las Vegas Fantasy Spin – Chase Elliott is going to win soon, the only question is when. At Las Vegas I wouldn’t be shocked to see him get his first win. He’s been knocking on the door to victory lane at intermediate tracks and eventually it will open. Chase Elliott […]

1) Denny Hamlin (Starting – 4th) Daytona Fantasy Spin – Defending Daytona 500 champion Denny Hamlin should be on people’s short list to win. He’s a very strong plate racer who’s arguably been the best Daytona driver since 2014. In terms of pure drafting talent he ranks as one of the premiere drivers in the series. […]

1) Kevin Harvick (Starting – 1st) Homestead Bottom Line – Kevin Harvick will be a favorite to win at Homestead. He’s a recent winner and is the best default fantasy pick you can make. He’s also perhaps the safest pick you can make, since 2003 at Homestead he’s only once finished outside the top ten. […]

1) Denny Hamlin (Starting – 8th) Martinsville Bottom Line – Denny Hamlin will be tough to beat at Martinsville. He’s a super-elite performer at the paper clip, and he’s won here nearly a quarter of the time (23.8% win percentage). In incident free races he’s as good of a default fantasy pick as they come. […]

1) Martin Truex Jr. (Starting – 7th) Charlotte Bottom Line – Martin Truex Jr. will be the favorite to win on Saturday night. He dominated at Charlotte this spring, has been the best driver at 1.5 mile tracks this year and he has tons of momentum. On Saturday night look for him to finish in […]

1) Kevin Harvick (Starting – 6th) Dover Fantasy Spin – Kevin Harvick will be tough to beat at Dover. He’s done what seems impossible and has replaced Jimmie Johnson as the best default fantasy NASCAR pick. Since he joined Stewart-Haas Racing he’s performed at a “Super Elite” level and has been good enough to win the […]

1) Matt Kenseth (Starting – 3rd) Richmond Fantasy Spin – Matt Kenseth will be one of the favorites to win at Richmond. Since he’s joined Joe Gibbs Racing he’s transformed into an elite competitor at shorter flat tracks. New Hampshire is the last venue of this track type visited and at that track he raced his […]

Watkins Glen is the second of the two road courses on the Sprint Cup schedule. Between the two Watkins Glen is faster and drivers can race more aggressively. Sonoma is more of a finesse track. I’ll also note the level of difficulty for Sprint Cup drivers seems to be lower at Watkins Glen which puts […]